Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Configuration Note

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Catalyst 6500 Series Content Switching Module Configuration Note
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Chapter 3 Getting Started
Configuration Overview
Configuration Overview
The configuration process described here assumes that the switch is in the RP mode. Figure 3-1 shows
an overview of the required and optional operations in the configuration process.
Note Configuring policies is not necessary for Layer 4 load balancing.
Figure 3-1 Configuration Overview
Real server
name / IP configuration
real NAME
Server farms configuration
server farm NAME
If user wants to associate server names and IPs
VLAN configuration
vlan X {client|server}
Virtual servers configurations
vserver NAME
keepalives configuration
probe NAME TYPE
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Sticky groups
sticky GROUP TYPE
maps / reg-exp configuration
map NAME TYPE
IOS standard ACLs
Policy configurations
sticky GROUP TYPE
If the server farm needs to be selected
based on Layer 7 information or source IP
Start
End
If clients needs to
be “stuck” to servers
based on source IP,
cookies, SSL ID
If load balancing
needs to be made
on source IP address
If load balancing
needs to be made
on HTTP header,
URL or cookies
Real servers
configuration
real IP
or real name NAME
access-list …
If user wants to configure
source NAT for a server farm
NAT pools configuration
natpool NAME
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	Catalyst 6500 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English